Michael Petrelis is still mad at Rosie O'Donnell and today highlight's the fact that the lesbian entertainer once donated to anti-gay Republican Elizabeth Dole, yet hasn't helped fight for California's gay marriages. [Petrelis Files]
NC Senator Elizabeth Dole's attempt to name an HIV/AIDS bill after anti-funding politico Jesse Helms earned her a slot on Keith Olbermann's "Worst Persons" list. [Atomic Gay Wonk]
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee really wants to beat out NC Senator Elizabeth Dole this November. They're preparing to spend anywhere between $5 and 6 million on television ads hyping Democratic challenged Kay Hagan. For those of you who didn't hear, Dole recently attempted to name an HIV/AIDS bill after Jesse Helms, who worked ferociously against funding the AIDS fight. [News Observer]
"Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) yesterday introduced an amendment that would have added the name of Jesse Helms to the title of the HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria bill that is before the Senate. Helms, who died eleven days ago, was the nation's most vociferous foe of federal funding for HIV/AIDS programs from the epidemic's beginning until he left the Senate." [Atomic Gay Wonk]
It's a big day for homo-politico Jim Neal, who's running for the Democratic senatorial seat in North Carolina.
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Jim Neal gives us the goods on his campaign ambitions, Chuck Schumer and fatherhood.
Jim Neal hopes to beat Republican Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina's Senatorial election.
One would think the Democratic party would support such an endeavor, but Senatorial Committee leader Chuck Schumer and his peers turned a blind eye to Neal's candidacy. They even started recruiting other potential politicos, but no one took the bait. Now Neal and his colleagues in the part have reached a bit of a truce.
Neal met with DSCC officials to discuss his campaign.“We have reached an understanding with them … they’re going to leave us alone in the primary, that they’re going to share the same information with us that they share with any other candidate and that … nobody associated with DSCC will ever make the statement that a gay person can’t win in North Carolina,” he said. “And they have assured us that if they change their mind, they’ll let us know.”
DSCC spokesperson Matt Miller said his organization was never hostile to Neal’s candidacy and that DSCC does not endorse candidates until the Democratic nominee has been selected.
The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, which backs gay politicians, has yet to endorse Neal's campaign.
Jim Neal's headed to the big apple.
The homo-politico's currently running for Senate in North Carolina - and needs all the help he can get to defeat Republican nemesis Elizabeth Dole. Via Page Six:
"I am gay and the most viable gay person to ever challenge an incumbent US senator in what many consider a 'red state' - it's anything but," Neal told Page Six. Neal, who's 10 points behind Dole in a recent poll, is coming to New York for a huge fund-raiser being thrown Jan. 31 by painter Ross Bleckner in his studio. "I am going to win this damned race and shatter another glass ceiling," Neal vows.
That's one hell-bent homo!
Queer senatorial candidate Jim Neal recently released an ad reminding voters that contrary to Republican ideology, families come in all sizes, shapes and colors:
Without a doubt, raising children is the toughest job I've ever had, but without a doubt it's the most rewarding. The most important people in my life are my children. As a parent, you're no happier than your least happy child. And I have been that way my entire life and I'm that way today, even though my my kids are 20 and 22 years old.
Neal's running against Republican Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina, but has faced stiff opposition from his Democratic allies, who reportedly don't want him to run. Note the note at the 9 second mark - that's for Senatorial Campaign Committee honcho Chuck Schumer, among others…
